# Saturday, April 17, 2010

Apple Butter Zucchini Bread Recipe

Apple Butter Zucchini Bread

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Made with pure fruit, no sugar apple butter, this zucchini bread is moist and flavorful. The bread is a nice addition to a summer salad or brunch. Extra loaves freeze nicely

Ingredients

  • 2 cups white granulated sugar
  • 1 cup vegetable oil
  • 3 large eggs, room temperature
  • 1 Tablespoon good quality vanilla
  • 2 cups shredded zucchini with skin
  • ½ cup Biesterveld’s All Fruit Apple Butter
  • 1/3 cup orange juice
  • 3 cups King Arthur Bread Flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • 1 cup chopped walnuts

Directions

Grease and flour 2 9” loaf pans…or use Wilton Cake Release to coat the pans.

Preheat oven to 350F.

Mix sugar, oil, eggs and vanilla in large bowl. Beat until well blended.

On low speed, blend in shredded zucchini, apple butter and orange juice.

Blend in flour, soda, baking powder, salt, nutmeg and cinnamon until combined. You may want to mix these ingredients in a small bowl first before adding to the batter to get an even distribution of ingredients.

Stir in nuts.

Pour evenly into the loaf pans. Bake 60-70 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.

Let cool in pans 10 minutes, then remove bread from the loaf pans and allow to cool completely on baking racks.

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# Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Raspberry Rhubarb Oatmeal Bars Recipe

Raspberry Rhubarb Bars

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Simple and delicious.

Ingredients

  • 1 (18.25 ounce) package yellow cake mix
  • 2 1/2 cups quick cooking oats
  • 4 Tbsp. milk
  • 3/4 cup margarine, melted
  • 1 cup Biesterveld’s All Fruit Raspberry Rhubarb Spread
  • 1 Tbsp. lemon juice

Directions

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch pan.

In a large bowl, mix together cake mix, oats, milk and melted margarine so that it makes nice clumps and there is no dry mix left.

Press 1/2 of the oats mixture evenly into the bottom the prepared pan. In a separate bowl, mix jam with lemon juice, and spread over the crust. Sprinkle the remaining oat mixture evenly over the top.

Bake in the preheated oven for 18 to 23 minutes, or until the top is lightly browned. Cool before cutting into bars.

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# Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Easy Honey Roasted Chicken Recipe

Use a variety of All Fruit Spreads for an assortment of pastries.

Ingredients

  • 1 (4 pound) whole chicken, cut into 8 pieces
  • 1 teaspoon paprika
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon curry powder
  • 8 oz. cream cheese, room temperature
  • 3 tablespoons prepared Dijon-style mustard
  • 1/4 cup honey
  • 2 T Biesterveld’s All Fruit Apricot Spread

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C)

Sprinkle chicken with paprika, pepper, and curry powder. Place in a roasting pan.

Combine mustard, honey, and jam in a small bowl. Pour over chicken, and marinate for 1 hour or overnight.

Bake in a preheated oven for 1 hour, basting often.

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Tuesday, March 23, 2010 11:08:34 PM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)     #    Technorati Blog reactions Blog reactions
# Monday, March 22, 2010

Fresh Plum Tart Recipe

A simple French country tart in less than an hour.

Ingredients

  • 1-9” Pillsbury unbaked piecrust
  • 1/4 cup plus 1 Tbsp sugar
  • 2 Tbsp flour
  • ½ cup Biesterveld’s All Fruit Apricot Spread
  • ¼ cup Biesterveld’s All Fruit Strawberry Spread
  • 1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
  • 1 large egg, slightly beaten
  • 4-5 plums, pitted and cut into 8-10 slices

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Line a tart pan with the unbaked piecrust. Bake according to package instructions until light brown in color.

In a medium size bowl combine ¼ cup sugar and 2 Tbsp. flour, mix until combined.

Gently warm Biesterveld’s All Fruit Apricot and Strawberry Spread over low heat until melted. Measure 1/2 cup of the all fruit spread and add this as well as the melted butter and the egg to the flour mixture. Mix until uniform. Reserve the rest of the jam to glaze the tart after baking.

Place the plum slices in concentric circles starting on the outer edge of the tart pan, covering the entire bottom of the pan.

Pour the fruit spread and flour mixture over the plums. Sprinkle remaining 1 Tbs. Sugar over the tart.

Bake 45-50 minutes in a 350-degree oven until the jam bubbles and the fruit is soft.

Remove from oven and brush the remaining fruit spread over the plums. Serve warm or at room temperature with ice cream.

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# Saturday, March 20, 2010

Easy Cream Cheese Danish Recipe

Use a variety of All Fruit Spreads for an assortment of pastries.

Ingredients

  • 8 oz. cream cheese, room temperature
  • ½ c sugar
  • 1 Tbsp. lemon juice
  • ¼ cup Biesterveld’s All Fruit Spread (your favorite flavor)
  • 1 tsp. light vanilla soymilk (or skim milk)
  • 1/4 tsp. almond extract (optional)
  • 2 (8 oz) cans Pillsbury Crescent Roll dough
  • For Icing
  • ½ c powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 3 tsp milk

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In a bowl, combine the cream cheese, sugar and lemon juice. Beat until smooth. Separate dough into 8 rectangles, firmly pressing perforations to seal. (OR use the Crescent Creations dough and cut into 8 rectangles. No pressing the perforations needed.)

Spread each rectangle with about 2 tablespoons of the cream cheese mixture. Leave 1/2 inch around 1 long side and two short sides clean and free of cream cheese. Roll up jelly roll style starting on long side, rolling to long side with 1/2 inch free of cream cheese.

Firmly pinch edge and ends to seam. Gently stretch each roll to around 10-12 inches. On an ungreased cookie sheet, coil each roll into a spiral with the seam side on the inside, tucking end under. Make a deep indentation in the center of each roll and fill with 1/2 tsp. Biesterveld’s All Fruit Spread.

Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes until deep golden brown.

In a small bowl blend glaze ingredients, adding enough milk to make drizzling consistency. Put icing in a small plastic zipper bag. Snip a small amount off the corner of the bag, creating a small hole. Drizzle icing from bag using hole over warm rolls.

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Saturday, March 20, 2010 10:26:12 PM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)     #    Technorati Blog reactions Blog reactions
# Sunday, March 14, 2010

Fruit Smoothie

Pour into glass after blending

Garnish with Fruit

Fall back, Spring Ahead. Don't forget to move your clock ahead this weekend.

If you're looking to get back a little time, or would like a quick weekday breakfast, a smoothie is a good choice.

This one is good for the whole family. Kids love to help make these, and the limited number of ingredients make clean up a breeze.

The key to flavor is the All Fruit Spread. Be sure to pick a natural spread with lots of chunky fruit.

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Sunday, March 14, 2010 7:00:00 AM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)     #    Technorati Blog reactions Blog reactions

Fruit Smoothie Recipe

A quick, healthy pick me up. Be sure to use an all fruit spread that is naturally sweetened only with fruit…no added sugar.

Ingredients

  • ½ cup plain yogurt (low fat)
  • 1 generous Tablespoon All Fruit Spread, any flavor
  • ¼ cup milk

Directions

Combine all ingredients, blend or shake

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